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“As an example, when David did his promotional interview for Our View, they showed clips of him acting and playing football. I know none of you knew in advance they were going to do that. But it could still raise the issue of his supposedly using his football fame to help sell the movie. I’ll be getting an affidavit from the show’s producers to the effect that none of David’s people knew about it and it certainly wasn’t planned. The critical point is that, in the future, David’s movie and modeling agents should check in advance to ensure that nothing like that is intended.

“This also means that anything web- or internet-related should also be separated into athletics and nonathletics. Fortunately, David’s high school houses his athletics websites and restricts its discussions and information, as regards David, to his football and baseball activities. That’s good for us. From what I’ve seen, his social media and web pages focus on everything else. I’m hoping it’s always been that way, and I also trust that it will continue in that manner, at least in part as a result of this conversation.

“David’s name appearing in the credits and whatnot related to the movies he does in high school would have no effect on his eligibility. Again, though, to be on the safe side, he should simply ask the NCAA’s membership services group for an interpretation of how the rules might apply to him. Better yet, once he’s chosen a college, it would be more appropriate for the school to ask. The NCAA would gladly provide an answer; they have no interest in trapping him after the fact.

“There’s another difficult matter we still need to work out once he enrolls in college. That issue is the use of his name and image as it applies to promotional and media activities. In my opinion, he should be able to perform any and all promotional activities for his films, even after enrollment. But those activities fit within the rules only if he is not paid explicitly for the promotion. His contracts with the studios need to clearly state that he’s paid for acting and not for separate promotional activities related to the movie. And he can’t be reimbursed for any expenses he incurs due to such activities.

“Bylaw 12.5.2, non-permissible activities, specifically limits eligibility to be paid for the use of one’s name or picture to directly promote any commercial product.

“Bylaw 12.5.3 restricts David’s ability to attend media events as well. We will be seeking clarification from the NCAA on that particular rule and how it applies to David’s acting and modeling. We plan to request a waiver for media events that support or are required for David’s acting career.

“Between now and when he enters college, we’ll be working on getting David appropriate waivers for these activities. There have been instances where a student-athlete has acted in and promoted a movie in the past. I would expect we could get a similar waiver for David.

“As I said at the beginning, I’ll be in contact with many of you over the next two weeks. I don’t want us to have any surprises from the NCAA. If we do find anything that needs to be done differently, we can get it resolved now. We appreciate you all taking the time to meet with us today,” Mr. Morris said, wrapping the call up.

He gave out his contact information in case anyone had questions, and the call ended. After I hung up, my phone rang again. It was Dad telling me to jump back onto the conference call now that everyone else was off.

“Hey, David. I think the call went well,” Mr. Morris said.

“I understand it better now,” I admitted.

“Good. I just wanted to tell you I’m working on a few items for the NCAA, specifically those areas I know they’ll have questions about. I’ll be in contact this weekend and next week with several of the people on the call to make sure we don’t have any significant issues. My goal is to provide you with a letter outlining potential problems and how I see them being resolved. My best guess is that I’ll have it to you by either the end of next week or the first of the following week.

“In the meantime, I’ll submit your application today, and I’ll be in contact with your case manager on Tuesday,” Mr. Morris said.

“I signed documents to allow Mr. Morris to act on your behalf with the NCAA,” Dad said.

“Good, just let me know if there are any problems,” I reiterated.

We said our goodbyes.

“Maybe we should have submitted your information freshman year like we were supposed to,” Kendal said.

“It’s probably lucky we didn’t. Back then, I would have messed up and not had Mr. Morris to help me. I’d be looking for an academic scholarship and going to the local JC.”

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Sunglasses money allowed me to upgrade Kendal to first class with Pam and me. I’d have to talk to Caryn about that in the future.